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thin Cairo. The aim of the talks was to find a way for Assad to leave power with the ‘minimum bloodshed and destruction’.”-The Guardian

The ongoing crisis in Syria which start on December 10th 2010 and is still happening today is one of the most gripping conflict which our generation has faced in the last 15 years. Having visited Syria in 2006 and seeing the transformation of the beautiful cities of Damascus and Aleppo into fully fledged war zones completely devastating me. The historic quarters and magnificent monument are now sadly decrepit and ruined.